I know this one has been done a few times before, but I forget now the ones that were mentioned. I want someplace that's cheap, will allow me to customize my site and maybe even upload some mp3's for download.

I remember that some host that's been mentioned a few times - anyone recall the name?

i use this host. it cheap, you get a lot of advanced features, and if they dont have it they most likely wont have trouble getting it. my hosting was $35 for a whole year. its a very flexible company and they do most anything to make the customer happy.http://darkmindshosting.com/

If someone is looking for a more professional level of hosting that's still pretty inexpensive - I've been very happy with Dreamhost. It's basically $8 a month for their lowest end plan, but even that is more than enough for most any small business.

It's certainly overkill for what the original poster wants, though.

Before I switched to them I did some asking around and hunting. Dreamhost has secure access options for most everything, which you'd think would be typical but turns out to be surprisingly unusual. Why anyone would log in to their email in plaintext or use FTP for file uploads nowadays is beyond me!

www.doteasy.com is a good one. If you register a domain name with them or transfer one to them you get free hosting with 100mb storage and 1gb of bandwidth, as well as 10 pop or webmail accessable email addresses. You can upgrade to 1gb storage, 20gb of bandwidth, 100 email addresses, as well as PHP, SQL, and other server side hosting features for $8 per month.

They have had really good customer service for me and my 4 sites I maintain through them, and also the half dozen my father-in-law manages through them. Thier registration fees are pretty good, too. Maybe not the best, but definately competitive with anyone else.

I ended up going with DreamHost. Small Orange wasn't taking on new people at the time, but the deal with DreamHost was too good to resist. A year's web hosting - plus domain name registration - all for less than $10. They have a special offer going for new sign-ups. They seem professional and offer everything I need for now.

All I know is if you come across a hosting company by the name of "Hostony.com", DO NOT even bother. I had the worst experience with them. There servers were constantly down and the support was practically non-existent. Just a heads up.

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not sure if they have the same deal i got.. but for $15/mo i get 800mb webspace, 15 gig of bandwidth a month, mysql, php, perl, 10 pop accounts (sorry no imap ) ssh access, on a shared server... it's a pretty sweet deal.. and anytime i've had a problem any emails i sent are usually replied to within an hour at tops.. great company, couldn't recommend them more

A Small Orange is a very good choice for beginning web developers. We're actually going to sign up with them today for their Tiny service ($30 a year) and a domain name ($10 a year). When you think about it, that's... $3.33 a month? I mean cmon, you spend more on drive-thru lunches a DAY than you do on that a MONTH! I'll post back here later once we've signed up to let you know if they stand up to their already stunning reviews.